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Christmas is here, which means New Year's Eve is just around the corner! Feel fabulous in this Sparkling New Year's Eve Crown you can whip up with just a few inexpensive ingredients. Make this in bright colors if that's more your style, I love the glam chic of this gold and maribou combination.

One: I used my Silhoutte cameo and the Genuine font sized at 214.7 pt. The numbers have to be flipped backwards so the glitter can be placed on the front. Make two sets of numbers, they'll sandwich the toothpicks. Two: Cut felt to fit around front and front sides of headband. Three: I added the Peel and Stick sheets to the felt to make it extra sticky. These sheets are crazy sticky, so use non-stick scissors and take your time when placing the feathers. Four: Get your numbers glittered up and ready to roll by dipping one set into a bowl of the gold glitter.

Five: Cut the toothpicks so they have about a 1.5" bottom and fit inside of the numbers without poking out of the tops. Sandwich the toothpicks between the glittered and non-glittered numbers. Six: Add more Peel and Stick sheet to the front half of your felt. Fold felt over head band. This is tricky, so take your time and work from one side to the other. Yes, it's messy, but fret not as the feather fluff vacuums right up! Don't vacuum up your maribou trim like I did though. Derp. Seven: Add more peel and stick to the front of the felt. Eight: Press the toothpicks into the adhesive. Cut the maribou trim into two segments that fit around the front of the felt. Press these over the adhesive. That's it!

Now pour yourself a glass of bubbly and toast to a FABULOUS new year filled with sparkling possibility! You gorgeous creature, you!

What are you doing New Year's? We'd love to know! Share your New Year's DIY ideas on our Facebook Page. Visit me at The Impatient Crafter for more fun, fast and fabulous DIY.

With just one day left until Christmas it’s time to make some Printed Wrapping Paper and get those gifts under the tree! Using the cute letter stencils, paints and glitter from Tulip you can add fun holiday messages and personalize any gift. Add some ribbons and bows and you’re all set!

We thought it would be fun to present our year-end review of our blog! Sometimes we know we have a hit blog post on your hands and sometimes there is simply no way to know what will catch on like wildfire! Here's our fun top 10 list of projects & posts from this last year that our fans loved! Click on the links below each pic to be taken to each project! Enjoy the show :)

Both Alexa (our Social Media Specialist) and Kathy (the Crafty Chica) thought it would be fun to make a quiz for the blog in honor of those with the biggest craft stash of them all and it was a big hit! It turned out to be a super humorous quiz and Alexa's visual (her actual living room, complete with her cat Dexter) struck a cord with folks. Everyone excitedly shared their results in the comments and on Facebook!

Cheri Heaton of I am Momma Hear Me Roar made these adorable and simple tees for her sons Rex & Baden using our Tulip Soft Paint, sparkly Tulip Shimmer Sheets and Freezer Paper Stencils. We'd like to think the draw was the Star Wars shirts, but her sons being the adorable models definitely made this project popular!

Jaderbomb's Jade Harrington brought us these super cute DIY cupcakes that looked good enough to eat! Her great photography and super easy directions really was the icing on the cake for this sweet project!

Margot Potter's simple DIY Neon Puffy Paint Ornaments were eye candy for sure! The fact that they only took 2 easy things to make...glass ornaments and Tulip 3D Fabric Paint, made these a cinch to make and as we know, everyone LOVES and easy and great-looking project for the holidays!

Anne of Wobisobi shared this fabulous DIY with us using Tulip Soft Paints to accent a man's tee into a fashionable top! Fashionistas rejoiced at her amazing hacking skills (seriously...this started as a boxy t-shirt!!!) and this project was an instant Pinterest favorite!

Our tie dye expert Lauri Eaton showed how to make these colorful sock leggings in an easy how-to tutorial using Tulip One-Step Tie Dyes! Brandi, our Studio Traffic Manager modeled these crazy socks (originally purchased undyed from American Apparel) for our fun photo shoot! We duplicated her legs into the same shot for the photo!

Another project that was a hit from Anne of Wobisobi was th is Striped Strapless No-Sew Shirt painted with our neon Tulip Fabric Sprays. Who knew you could make a dress from a men's tee? Obviously Anne did and her fans (and ours) loved the inspiration!

Suzie Shinseki, our resident painting expert, brought her A-game with these hilarious Grumpy Cat shorts! Suzie was challenged to decorate a pair of plain shorts in any style of her choice and immediately envisioned a Grumpy Cat face when she eyed the back of her shorts. LOL! These shorts quickly went viral, landing on sites like Buzzfeed,MakeZine, and Outsapop! Most everyone who saw them laughed hysterically, but we did get a handful of indecency complaints as well.

Trinkets in Bloom blogger Cathy Attix showed us how to add a pretty twist to a vintage rocker shirt with this edgy t-shirt hack! This further cemented the fact for us that t-shirt hacks aren't going anywhere anytime soon! This shirt even got picked up by the popular trend site Trendhunter!

And finally, our number one project from the blog is this fabulous dye galaxy shirt from Lauri Eaton! Lauri does a lot of fun dye experimentation in our studio and after making this shirt, she shared and wowed the whole design team with this project. She captured the galaxy art trend and gave it her own signature touch! We knew it immediately had to be a project for our blog and a video for Youtube! See Lauri make the shirt below!

Determine what size you want your bag to be - keeping in mind what size of shirt you have. Cut along the bottom, cut off the sleeves. Turn your shirt right side in. Time to seal the bottom!

We'll need to reinforce the bottom - first you'll add a strip of the tape inside the bottom layer and press the top layer. Smooth out any bumps with your fingers. Next, add another strip along the top layer and fold it over. Press so it is bonded. Turn your shirt inside out so the front is showing.

To give your bag a professional look, make some gussets! This will give your bag a flat bottom so it can hold items in a more balanced fashion. Pull out one corner at the bottom of the bag. Add a strip of tape. DO NOT remove the tape backing yet! Put your hand inside the bag and press the pointed corner inside to create a moth. Line up the ends, then pull off the backing of the tape and press in place. Repeat for the other side.

Decorate the front of your bag as desired!

Cut notches in your bag around the top, leave room to "poof" the top. Insert a long strand of ribbon - long enough for you tie a big bow.

There is nothing like Christmas to bring out the crafty in people. Given - I craft all the time, but something about the holidays kicks my crafting in to overdrive. Recently I encouraged my friends to get involved and hosted a diorama date. Great fun was had by all and best yet I walked away with a custom made seasonal picture frame. It's not too late to make your own (I made 2 in 2 hours) and they make great gifts. Pop over to my blog Naughty Secretary Club to see the ones my girlfriends made and head over to BlogHer to check out the Deer Diorama.

Almost any box can be converted into a shadowbox. Remember the cereal box one my daughter made? You can also buy a ready made shadow box at most craft stores. I opted for a decorative box from JoAnn's that had a clear cellophane front intended to be used as a gift box for cookies. I made a second shadowbox using a similar style box that housed cupcake picks. My girlfriends used shoeboxes, ornament boxes and even the round container our brie came in.

First I painted the inside of my box white. Using diluted Tacky Glue I adhered a sheet of vintage wrapping paper to the back of my shadowbox.

Using Tacky Dots I adhered an 8X10 photo to a piece of card stock. Next, I cut out my photograph. Using Tacky glue I attached some gold rick rack trim to the backside of the photo. Feel free to embellish your photo how you like. I added some Santa hats and snowflake stickers.

On a side note I got the idea about the picture from current favorite book Mixed Media Masterpieces with Jenny and Aaron from Everyday is a Holiday. There are tons of cute projects, but their Heirloom Bride and Groom Vintage Photo Assemblage gave me this particular idea. Now go get the book and make fake donuts and cake.

Sky is the limit as to what you put inside your shadowbox. The trick is to make sure that it is not wider than your box. Don't forget there is a lid! I added ornaments and bottle brush trees.

How you decorate the outside of your box is completely up to you. I won't hold it against you if you don't think 2 trims, 4 plastic Santas, Beads in a Bottle and sparkly bows are the route you want to go.

I love Beads in a Bottle for making perfect polka dots.

For good measure I added the date in gold chipboard letters.

I love my shadowbox so much it is centerpiece to my Christmas mantle. It is a pretty special honor to sit under my mother's wreath and in-between my two beloved polka dotted elephants.

The UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER party season is upon us, so we decided to share with you 4 super cheesy ways to dress up your holiday sweater in kitschy Christmas glory! We have the best Aleene's glues and Tulip fabric paints and to make a major statement at your sweater party and hopefully take home the big prize! Special thanks to Chloe, our Content Editor & Brand Specialist for making these ugly sweaters actually look good! Let's take a look at how our designers got these amazingly bad looks that you're gonna wanna steal!

PattieWack tied one on and made this fantastic Christmas Tree sweater using ties and Fabric Fusion products! She found all the holiday ties for this project at a local thrift store, cut them to size in the shape of a tree, and applied them using Aleene's Fabric Fusion Tape. She then adorned the tie with ornaments a.k.a. buttons using a bottle of Fabric Fusion!

Next up is Suzie Shinseki's holiday reindeer sweater! She started with a brown sweater and used felt, Tulip Fabric Markers, and Aleene's Fabric Fusion Tape to create Santa's head man in charge. She applied the falling snow pom poms using Aleene's Fabric Fusion to the front...

...and she also added a touch of reindeer droppings to the back. LOL!

Lauren Moritz got catty with her ugly sweater and made an adorable quotetastic cat in a stocking using Tulip Shimmer Sheets, 3D Paint, and a glue gun! We think it's absolutely MEOW-velous!

I am constantly getting inspired by the things around me. Whether it's something from the present or 8 years ago. The great thing about being a craft blogger is when you get struck with inspiration a craft tutorial magically appears. Well, not magically but the process sure feels like magic I tell ya. I am super excited about today's post and I am sure you will be too. I will share with you 3 different ways to use this UP inspired decor.

The first thing you will do is take the top off of the ornament and place it top down onto a flat surface.

Grab a tube of the spray paint and start spraying in one spot. Don't spray the entire bulb at one time. These sprays are so easy to use and they spray consistently the same over and over.

Once you start spraying your ornament with multiple colors it will look a little clumpy but don't worry once it settles and dries it will look like a magical ball floating in the universe!

How gorgeous are these suckers! I took a stick of wood cut them with a saw to create small pieces of wood for the base of the ornament. I wanted them to look like hot air balloons, or like the house on UP with balloons on top.

You can also let them dry, put the top back on the ornament, glue the wood to the bottom of the ornament then hang from the ceiling at different heights! You can also hang these on your Christmas tree as hot air balloon ornaments.

Another thing you can do is put the top back on them and hang then as plain sphere ornaments on your tree. These will look magical with white light beaming around them.

I hope you enjoyed this fun post! Just stay creative and put them all over you house. I promise you they will make you smile big!

Thanks for stopping by our creative home, where you'll find lots of cool project ideas from our team of designers and our super creative collaborators! We hope it inspires you to try a new DIY project or crafty technique today!